Lighthouse for Women & Children in Oxnard

JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Jennifer Sulcido, who works for the Lighthouse for Women &amp; Children shelter, bring out blankets and pillows as Robin Bolt, who is staying there, helps. The cot program, which is for homeless women and children, will be shut down as the shelter moves away from programs leaders feel enable chronically homeless people.

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JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Jennifer Sulcido, who works for the cot program, locks up all the belongings of the homeless women before letting them into Lighthouse for Women &amp; Children, which provides beds for homeless women and children for the night.

JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Caroline Saenz gets ready for bed with her daughter, Ivy Saenz, 8, at the cot program at the Lighthouse for Women &amp; Children shelter. The drop-in program will be replaced with one for people willing to enter case management programs aimed at ending homelessness.

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JUAN CARLO/THE STAR John Saltee (left), director of the Ventura County Rescue Mission, talks with Cassie Sorenson, director of Lighthouse for Women &amp; Children, about the Lighthouse cot program.

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JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Jennifer Sulcido, who works in the cot program, sets up the mattresses at Lighthouse for Women &amp; Children in Oxnard.

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JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Ivy Saenz, 8, and her mother, Caroline Saenz, get ready for bed as they talk with Jennifer Sulcido, who is in charge of checking people at the cot program at Lighthouse for Women &amp; Children.